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Deciphera's Ripretinib Cuts GIST Death Risk By 64%; US Filing On Track For Early 2020

 
• By Leah Samuel

Overall survival for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) in the fourth-line setting was 15.1 months versus 6.6 months for placebo, building on impressive progression-free survival results.

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Deciphera encouraged by overall survival data

An encouraging improvement in overall survival in the Phase III INVICTUS clinical trial for Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s ripretinib build on previously reported progression-free survival data and keep the company on track to seek US Food and Drug Administration approval in early 2020 for its kinase inhibitor in the fourth-line treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).

Data presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress on 30 September in Barcelona showed median overall survival...

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J&J’s Trispecific Antibody For Myeloma Offers Improved Safety, Potency Over Bispecifics

 
• By Alaric DeArment

The drugmaker presented data from its Phase I study of JNJ-79635322 at ASCO and EHA showing a 100% response rate in BCMA- and GPRC5D-naïve patients.

ASCO: Pushing The Frontiers Of ADCs

 
• By Mary Jo Laffler

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Skyhawk Looks To Soar With Huntington’s Hope

 
• By Kevin Grogan

Oral RNA splicing modulator has gone into a Phase II/III trial

Scholar Rock Shows Muscle-Building PoC In Obesity

 
• By Jessica Merrill

The company said it intends to maintain a focus on rare neuromuscular disease with apitegromab but could consider partnering in obesity.

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Spyre Takes Aim At Roche And J&J In Inflammatory Diseases

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

The US firm was already looking to compete in ulcerative colitis, but now expands its ambitions by moving into rheumatoid arthritis as well.

Ireland’s Got Biopharma Talent To Keep Leading The Pack

 
• By Kevin Grogan

The country’s life sciences investment head tells Scrip that it is business as usual for the sector despite the rumblings from across the Atlantic.

Draig Is All Fired Up To Transform Neuropsychiatric Field

 
• By Kevin Grogan

Wales-based group launches with $140m series A.